Job 40:8

World English Bible (2000)

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

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  • Job 32:2 : 2 Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
  • Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right: 6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
  • Job 27:2-6 : 2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter. 3 (For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils); 4 surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit. 5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. 6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
  • Gal 3:15 : 15 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
  • Gal 3:17 : 17 Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
  • Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
  • Job 35:2-3 : 2 "Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,' 3 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
  • Isa 14:27 : 27 For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"
  • Isa 28:18 : 18 Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

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